Lint collecting and compacting apparatus



.such as will enable others skilled in the artto' able screen-door.

UNITED y STATESA PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. SHELL, OF EVENING SHADE, ARKANSAS.

LlNT COLLECTING 'AN-D COMPACTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,775, dated May 15,1888.

Application filed July 5, 1 887. Serial No. 243.896. (No model.) l

and I do declare the following to be a full,`

clear, and exact description of the invention,

which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and tothe letters and figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this speci- Iication.

My invention has relation to a lint collecting and compacting apparatus;and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its severalparts, hereinafter `particularly described, and set out in thespecification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a lintcollecting and compacting apparatus constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. Zis an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of aremov- Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the sliding door, by means ofwhich and its attachments the lint is forced into the cottonpress. Fig.5 is a perspective viewv of the driving-beam used to force back thelower end of the said door. f n My invention is designed tobe placed onthe outside of the gin-house, with its front end to the building, sothat the lint-cotton when separated from the seed may be blown into thelint-room through an opening, G, in the front end, until 4there is asufficient amount therein to make a bale of cotton. Then the said lintis pressed back until it is forced into the press B, after which it maybe compressed into a bale. Y

My invention is described as follows:

Upon a suitable foundation I build a track consisting of the cross-tiesc, stringers a', and

rails a. These rails may be made of steel,'

iron, vor hard wood. On the same foundation and on a line withthelint-room A is Yerected a proper cotton-press, B.

I do not claim anything for the construction of the press shown in mydrawings; nor do I desire to be understood as confining myself to`constructed that it may beclosed by my slid-- 'ing door D,as shown inFig. 4, or with one substantially similarly constructed, and thecotton-press may be so constructed that it may press the bale up ordown; and on aline with the lint room and press is erected a'windingbeam, C, properly braced, to which is attached the necessaryropes and tackle to draw the sliding door back, as described. 1. Thesaid lint-room A is mounted upon four or more wheels, a, which run uponrails a2, so thatsaid room may be moved back or forth, as necessity mayrequire. Said roomismconstructed as follows: On ve rormore cross-beamen,are laid the lower side sills, I), towhich are secured the uprights bbh: A ivoor,ja29, for the lint-room, is laid on thefupp'erface of thesaid cross-beams a4 andgbetween the lower side sills, b. Above these'side sills ,andr se-l cured to the same uprights are upper side theentire length of the "room forthe ends On the upper face ofsaidupperside Vsills are erectedy three or more uprights, b4", which with the enduprights f'form; thestudding or frame-work against whichthelining of thesaid lint-room is securedand rests. These uprights are supportedl byproper braces b* and their upper ends secured in substantialcross-beams, thus making the frame strong. Each side of the saidlint-room is lined with plank b5 a distance something more than half itsheight. Then there is a space of a foot or more left, which is partiallycovered between each two uprights withcurtains 126, and the upper partof said room is lined with'wiregauze'bl, and the whole is roofed with acovering of tin or other suitable material. On the rear end and on bothlsides of said lint-room are secured curtains bs, which may berolled upor let down as occasion may require. In

the rear end of the said lint-room is placed the 10o screen-door F, Fig.3. This door is removable. A sliding door, D, is placed in the frontand,the gin-flue.

end of the said lint-room, and consists of the door proper, which issecured to two crosspieces, d d. The bottom cross-piece, d', hasattached toits under face casters al2 and to each end casters d3, andthe upper cross-piece has also attached to its under face casters d4.The object of these casters is to prevent friction, the lower casters,d2, running on the floor of the 1int-room and the under casters, d3,against the inside of the same and the upper casters on top of the beamsd5, where the planking terminates. To the outer edges of the saidcross-beams d d is attached an upright beam, d, having in one face aneye, dl, its lower end designed to be clutched by the notch dB in thedriving-beam E. This driving-beam E has on its upper face two casters,e, which run against the inner face of the said room and are designed topreventfriction. It runs near the floor and its ends e' extend throughthe openings left between the side sills, b b, above mentioned. Saidends are perforated, through which perforations are secured side rods,f. The front ends of these side rods, f, are perforated, and in theseperforations are hooked the hooks of the stretcher f', and to thisstretcher is secured a tackleblock, f2, the rope f3 of which issecuredto the base f4 of the frame f, which supports the winding-beam C, whilethe other end of the said rope is secured to and adapted to be woundaround the said winding-beam C. To the said winding-beam C and near itsupper end is secured another rope, f6, the other end of which is passedthrough a tackle-block, f 7, brought back and secured to the rear sideof the press. Said tackle-block f7 is hooked into the eye dl of the beamd6, which is secured to the door D. The front end of the said linti roomhas cut in it an opening, G, through which opening thel lint is blowninto the said room by having the flue of the gin enter the same, or bymeans of a proper attachment between the two. operation, the saidlint-room is rolled forward on the rails a2 until it is brought upagainst the gin-house and the proper connection is made between theopening G just mentioned The door D is put in position in the front endof the said lint-room, as shown in Fig. 2, and the screen-door F is putinto the rear end of the said room. The wire screen is to allow the airwhich is blown into the room to escape, while the cotton is retained.The curtains are to regulate the amount of air allowed to escape, or toprotect When the gin is to be put in.

the lint-room in casethe weather should be so windy as to require it.NVhen the lint-room has had blown into it enough lint to make a baleolcotton, it is then pushed back to the cotton-press B. The wire-ganzedoor F is then withdrawn. The ropes faf are unwound by turning back thewinding-beam C, and the stretcher f is hooked into the side rods, f, and

'the upper tackle-block, f7, is hooked into the eye alT of the door D,and when all is thus secured the winding-beam C is rotated by hand,horse, steam, or any available power. This brings the door D 'back andforces the cotton into the press and the door up until it forms one'sideof the press, and then it is securedin place by proper beams andcross-rods and then the lint-room is immediately rolled back in positionand another door exactly similar to the one just described is put in thesame position, and the ginning may go on as before while the cotton isbeing properly baled in the press.

The lintroom A is to be properly protected by a shed built for thepurpose.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

l. The combination ofthe track,as described, with the lint-room A,consisting of the crossbeams a sills b b, having between them aslot, asshown, the uprights and braces, lining b5, beams d5, curtains b bs,wire-gauze lining bf, the roof and the floor, wire-gauze door F, andsliding door D, having the casters d2 d3 d4, all substantially as shownand described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the room A, constructed as described, and havingthe sliding door D, having the crosspieces d d', casters d2 da d4, andbeam d, having the eye dl, with the driving-beam E, having the notch daand casters e, side rods, f, att-ached to said drivingbeams, hooks andstretcherf, secured to said side rods, tackleblock f2, attached to lsaidhooks and stretcher, ropes f3, the beam f the winding-beam G, ropef,tackle-block f7, and the press B, said tacklelblockfT hooked in the eyedl of the beam d, all substantially as shown and described, and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affixl my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W'. SHELL.

Vitnesses:

T. J. DAVIDSON, JN0. B. MGGALEB.

